Are they just read and that’s it....any exegesis on the text?
Are they just read and that’s it....any exegesis on the text?
We have been fortunate over the years to have had priests who give very good sermons that help us better understand the Bible message. One sermon that I particularly remember was on Mark 11:1-12, where Jesus healed a paralytic who was lowered through the roof by four men. The priest gave us a multiple choice question. He asked us who was most on the mind of Jesus during that event. Was it:
The paralytic?
The four men who believed that Jesus could heal him?
The crowd of believers?
The scribes who thought Jesus was blaspheming?
His answer was none of the above. It was the Father. The Father was always foremost in the mind of Jesus. And as I have read Scripture since then, I have realize how true that is. With Jesus, it is always about the Father.